ssh scp to copy file to remote server port 21

I am trying to copy file from my server to another so I am using the following command:

scp root@myhost /home/direc/file.tar username@secondhost:/home/dir

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I am getting the error:

ssh: connect to host secondhost port 22 connection timed out

I know it might be because port 22 is not open on second host

so How do I transfer by specifying port 21 on my second host

 

As a side note, port 21 is used for FTP by default not SSH.

Anyhow, to specify specific port, as described in scp's man page one might use the '-P' switch. (see man scp | grep -A 3 -B 1 'port').

so the correct command would be:

scp -P 21 -r /home/direc/file.tar username@secondhost:/home/dir/

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you may also use rsync for this. For example:

rsync -Waq -e 'ssh -p 21' /home/direc/file.tar username@secondhost:/home/dir/

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HTH

 

I can help you with this via skype - cesurasean is my screen name.

 

As I can see the thread is marked as [solved] by the OP so I assume that this has already been resolved.